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Canadian Security Intelligence Service

What Canadian Security Intelligence Service spent in fiscal year 2020-21: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.

Spending, 2020-21

Net spending, 2020-21

$677M

spent by Canadian Security Intelligence Service, less revenues it kept

Share, 2020-21

0.2%

of the net spending of every federal organization

How did Canadian Security Intelligence Service spend its budget in 2020-21?

By standard object. Revenues it kept are negative and netted against its spending.

Spending by standard object, 2020-21

Personnel

Other subsidies and payments

$418M

$259M

Total: $677M.

Workforce, 2020-21

Personnel spending

$418M

salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)

A full-time equivalent is a measure of employment, not a headcount: two half-time employees are one FTE. Personnel spending includes benefits and pension contributions, so per FTE it is not an average salary.

Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s share of federal net spending

Sources

Department figures are net expenditure (Public Accounts, Volume II), which doesn’t add up to the accrual expenses of the overview’s headline. See the methodology.